It’s all about the theatrical experience. Warner Bros. has secured the rights to Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell’s upcoming film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi,

The LuckyChap producer and star is set to lead frequent collaborator Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of “ Wuthering Heights ,” which is now officially a Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group title. IndieWire can confirm that the studio won MRC’s highly-anticipated feature after what we’re told was “a fierce bidding war.”

Warner Bros. Motion Pictures Group has landed MRC's feature film adaptation of “Wuthering Heights” from director Emerald Fennell. Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are set to star in the project, which sparked a fierce bidding war.

EXCLUSIVE: Score one for the theatrical film experience. After a fierce bidding war, Warner Bros Motion Pictures Group has won MRC's feature adaptation of Wuthering Heights from Oscar winner Emerald Fennell and starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi are attached to star in the feature project, which hails from MRC and generated intense interest from streamers and studios and a bidding war. Warners won out partially due to its commitment to launching Heights theatrically worldwide.

In the end, Ms. Robbie got what she wanted, signing a deal with Warner Bros. In the latest Hollywood movie bidding war, the battle between a theatrical and a streaming release could not have been more stark.

Warner Bros. Pictures will release Emerald Fennell's next film "Wuthering Heights," landing the adaptation after a bidding war that included Netflix. Ultimately Warner Bros.' theatrical commitment won out,